Featured Events

World Social Work Day has been celebrated around the globe since 1983. This year, the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) is again teaming up with the Geneva School of Social Work and its international partners to mark the Day at the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG).

At a time when countries should be uniting in solidarity to tackle pressing global challenges, many appear to be retreating from greater cooperation. At this UNRISD Special Policy Dialogue, a visionary and high-profile set of speakers, including Jeremy Corbyn MP, United Kingdom; Arancha Gonzalez, Executive Director ITC; and Nikhil Seth, UN Assistant Secretary-General, Executive Director UNITAR; will ask whether the time has come to embrace a new era of multilateralism, one founded on solidarity and the respect of human rights for all.

Join UNRISD and FES for the Geneva launch of the Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2017 report, produced by a global coalition of civil society organizations and trade unions. Carrying the subtitle "Reclaiming policies for the public. Privatization, partnerships, corporate capture and their impact on sustainability and inequality - assessments and alternatives", the civil society "shadow" report provides a wide-ranging independent assessment of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals. At the event, contributors will present and discuss key findings and recommendations of this year's report.